Press Releases

(17 March 2016) The recent decision by the government of the Republic of Rwanda to withdraw its article 34(6) declaration of the Protocol on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Protocol) represents a significant setback …

(10 February 2016) Sudan should stop the brutal suppression of protest and hold to account the security forces responsible for killing, injuring, and torturing protesters throughout the country. A group of 15 female protestors were beaten with wooden batons by members of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on …

(10 February 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is seriously concerned for the safety of two Darfuri men who have been detained incommunicado and without charge for over seven weeks by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Khartoum. No reasons were given for their …

Sudan’s security forces conduct arbitrary arrests, use excessive force and beat students in El Geneina (8 February 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about new reports of arbitrary detention, custodial violence and excessive use of force by the Sudanese authorities in El Geneina, …

(14 January 2016) Sudanese authorities should immediately put in place measures to ensure the protection of civilians in and around El Geneina, the capital city of West Darfur state, and reign in state security forces following the lethal shooting of at least ten civilians by police and security personnel and …

(25 December 2015) Five members of the Sudanese Athletics Team, including three women and two men, have been convicted for wearing indecent clothing by a Public Order court in Khartoum. The five were arrested on 28 November together with five other team members for wearing swimming costumes during a swimming …

  (17 December 2015) On 26 November 2015 the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur, currently housed by the Khartoum Bahri Criminal Court, sentenced eighteen members of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army – Mini Minawi (SLA-MM) to death for a number of offences, including crimes against the state …

(2 December 2015) A group of 27 people, including at least three children, are currently on trial for the crime of apostasy before a Khartoum court, accused of following a form of Islam which strictly follows the text of the Qur’an and rejects the religious authority of the Hadith (narratives …

Why South Africa should stand up when Sudan lets perpetrators off the hook By Mossaad Mohamed Ali, Executive Director, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies The history of Sudan is of near-continuous armed conflict since the country gained independence from British colonization in 1956. Conflict broke out in Darfur …

  Memorandum to African States Parties of the International Criminal Court  for the Assembly of States Parties 14th Session In 2015 important developments took place in investigations and examinations by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa and outside Africa, and with Africa’s relationship with the ICC. As the Assembly …